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We are grateful for the generous financial support of these contributors to This I Believe. These friends make it possible for this organization to continue the important work of collecting and sharing stories of belief from people around the world. Their contributions help provide the funding needed to maintain this website, the This I Believe radio series and podcasts, and our work with educators and community groups.

—2014—

$5,000 or more

The Anschutz FoundationDenver, Colorado

Thomas F. BouldenMemphis, Tennessee

Christina Lee BrownLouisville, Kentucky

Flora Family FoundationMenlo Park, California

David LangstaffChantilly, Virginia

$1,000 – $4,999

Cornelia BonnieProspect, Kentucky

Hardscuffle, Inc.Louisville, Kentucky

Patti MagersNewcastle, Washington

Steve RamsayExeter, New Hampshire

Randall A. Ratliff, PLLCLouisville, Kentucky

The Louis C. Skinner FoundationCoral Gables, Florida

Troy WatkinsonGreat Falls, Virginia

$500 – $999

Clifton Foundation, Inc.Louisville, Kentucky

$250 – $499

Anonymous

Charles BrinkleyMarietta, Georgia

Lankie ChenHsinchu, Taiwan

Jerald HoweChevy Chase, Maryland

Rebecca LiebmanOlympia, Washington

Helena QiMunster, Indiana

Aaron SnipeDulles, Virginia

Helen WagnerKennett Square, Pennsylvania

David ZahmRiverdale, New York

$100 – $249

Nicole Barrett

Nancy Brim

Judy Caminer

Michael Clayman

Elisabeth Cortina

Cypress Charter High School

Lisa Davis

Christine Dawson

Les Forster

John Gribben

Robert C. Hansen

Glenda Herzog

Peter Hsu

James Kariya

Adam Kasanof

Sherry A. Kelly

Rob and Jeanene MacLean

Maura McCarthy

Stephen Mershon

Claire Ratfield

Dennis Reardon

Laurel Rech

Dinnie Rogers and Robert Dyer

Jack Rutt

Sophon Shadraconis

Margaret Thayer

Emily Vient

Linda Wertheim

Charlie Wheeler

Ken Whelan

Orme Wilson, in honor of Keith Runyon

Jennifer Yazell, on behalf of Audrey & Ethan

Rachel Yellin

Katie Zenke

—2013—

$5,000 or more

Cornelia BonnieProspect, Kentucky

Christy BrownLouisville, Kentucky

Nana LamptonLouisville, Kentucky

David LangstaffChantilly, Virginia

Steve RamsayExeter, New Hampshire

$1,000 – $4,999

Anonymous

Molly BinghamWashington, District of Columbia

Martin J. BollingerGreat Falls, Virginia

Thomas F. BouldenMemphis, Tennessee

The Cloud Family Foundation FundKansas City, Missouri

Bill MayMcLean, Virginia

Gregg and Julie PetersmeyerBethesda, Maryland

Randall A. Ratliff, PLLCLouisville, Kentucky

The Reverend Al ShandsCrestwood, Kentucky

The Louis C. Skinner FoundationCoral Gables, Florida

Snowy Owl Foundation, Inc.Louisville, Kentucky

Troy WatkinsonGreat Falls, Virginia

$500 – $999

The Debra Danner FundChicago, Illinois

Patti MagersNewcastle, Washington

Kevin SwagertyLake Leelanau, Michigan

Keith WheelockSkillman, New Jersey

Diane ZinnBoston, Massachusetts

$250 – $499

Anita BanasChicago, Illinois

Pastor Leslianne BraunsteinWashington, DC

Gene ColabatisttoBaie-D’Urfé, Quebec

Jennifer CookOkotoks, Alberta, Canada

Jerald HoweChevy Chase, Maryland

Maureen MaasWayland, Massachusetts

Helena QiMunster, Indiana

Jennifer RussellCheyenne, Wyoming

David ZahmRiverdale, New York

$100 – $249

Daniel Alexander

S. Pearson Auerbach

Yonas Berhe

Edith S. Bingham

Lankie Chen

Peter Yuichi Clark

Elisabeth Cortina

Donald Daniels

Wendy Eiteljorg

Karen Eshoo

Philip Farquharson

Robert C. Hansen

John Hardman

Jeanne Harrell

Glenda Herzog

Brian A. Jackson

Adam Kropkowski

James Kruger

David Loren

Christine Lufkin

Sean Maher

Maura McCarthy

Stephen Mershon

Nancy Peyton

Dinnie Rogers

Robert Ruben

Sophon Shadraconis

Jennifer Staben

Barry Stevenson

Jim Stover

Rachel Vail-McClure

Padmaja Vemulapalli

Helen Wagner

Linda Wertheim

Orme Wilson, in honor of Keith Runyon

—2012—

$5,000 or more

Martin J. BollingerGreat Falls, Virginia

Cornelia BonnieProspect, Kentucky

David LangstaffChantilly, Virginia

$1,000 – $4,999

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Molly BinghamWashington, District of Columbia

Thomas F. BouldenMemphis, Tennessee

Mark ContrerasPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Joseph T. DoyleGreat Falls, Virginia

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation

Dr. Barbara GeaterMemphis, Tennessee

Gill and Augusta Brown HollandLouisville, Kentucky

Jerald HoweChevy Chase, Maryland

Jon and Lynn MadonnaScottsdale, Arizona

Bill MayMcLean, Virginia

Bruce McNairBethesda, Maryland

Declan MurphyBaltimore, Maryland

Gregg and Julie PetersmeyerBethesda, Maryland

Steve RamsayExeter, New Hampshire

The Reverend Al ShandsCrestwood, Kentucky

The Louis C. Skinner FoundationCoral Gables, Florida

Troy WatkinsonGreat Falls, Virginia

James and Marianne WelchProspect, Kentucky

$500 – $999

Anita BanasChicago, Illinois

Edith S. BinghamGlenview, Kentucky

John Y. Brown, IIIFrankfort, Kentucky

Nana LamptonLouisville, Kentucky

Drs. Robert and Kristine LupiNew York, NY

Keith WheelockSkillman, New Jersey

David ZahmRiverdale, New York

$250 – $499

Craig AlexanderBethesda, Maryland

Gene ColabatisttoBaie-D’Urfé, Quebec

Robert C. HansenBethania, NC

David MauroBellingham, Washington

Robert and Ann MelingLeawood, Kansas

Melissa MorseHouston, Texas

Frannie MoyerBrookline, Massachusetts

Bill and Michelle PackerSouthlake, Texas

Helen WagnerKennett Square, Pennsylvania

$100 – $249

Emma Barnett

Kun-Ming Chen

Michael Clayman

Claire Cowden

Linda G. Denstaedt

Philip Farquharson

Rebecca W. Foley

Patricia Forbes

Jeannie Harrell

Sarah Holmes and John B. Morris, Jr.

Brian A. Jackson

Nancy Kalina

Alexander Kamb

Maureen Maas

Melody Mazuk

Emy Noel

Elizabeth Obih-Frank

Jane Palmer

Jose Perez, in honor of Sienna Singh

Dinnie Rogers

Margaret Rosenson

Arlen and Elaine Cohen Rubin Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, in honor of Laura Schutz

Keith L. Runyon

Jennifer Russell, for her grandfather, Russell F. Coash

Ruth T. Segaloff, Stories in Collage & Mixed Media

Sophon Shadraconis

Margaret Warner-Lubin

Rachel Yellin

Wei Yuan

(Names in bold indicate three or more years of support.)

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This week’s essay

Growing up in the former Yugoslavia, lawyer Djenita Pasic enjoyed the peace of her religiously diverse country. But after the fall of communism and the outbreak of the Bosnian War, Pasic was forced to reevaluate her ideas about religion and tolerance. Click here to read her essay.